Niuean edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi.

Noun edit

matagi

  1. wind

Verb edit

matagi

  1. to fart

References edit

  • matagi” in Tohi Vagahau Niuē (Niuean Language Dictionary).

Samoan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi.

Noun edit

matagi

  1. wind

Verb edit

matagi

  1. to blow; to be windy

References edit

  • George Pratt (1861) Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press

Tuvaluan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi.

Noun edit

matagi

  1. wind